Month: October 2016

Nancy Sanchez is a singer-songwriter with a gifted voice and distinct lyrics. She is known as a superb jazz singer but she also mixes pop and jazz and Latin and other genres into her repertoire. With musical influences that include Joni Mitchell, Regina Spektor, Feist, Paul Simon and Billy Joel, Sanchez is well prepared to…

Buyepongo is LA’s unique Latin/Afro-Cuban/Cumbia/hip-hop/funk dance ALM band. There is simply no one like them. Buyepongo came together initially as friends playing punk and hip hop music in high school. After the original group went their separate ways, co-founder Edgar Modesto and a few friends embarked on a life-altering backpacking trip through Belize and Guatemala where…

Gloria Estrada is a musical treasure who has enriched the songs and albums of many stars and bands over the years as well as entertained audiences across the nation. She is a multi-instrumental virtuoso, equally at home with an electric guitar, a guitarrón, a Vihuela , an accordion, a standup base, or an electric base. She…

Palenke Soultribe, a live electronic production collective is a new generation of Colombian musicians that deconstructs Afro-Colombian rhythms and blends them with modern beats, catchy basslines and synthesized arpeggios. Based in Los Angeles, Palenke Soultribe (PST) puts on energetic shows, consistently releases new albums and remixes, and always pushing the envelope visually and conceptually. Originally…

Changüí Majadero is the East LA-based band devoted to spreading the joys of changüí, the granddaddy of salsa, the music of bucolic Caribbean-steeped Eastern Cuba. Both the music and the band have a raw intensity and grace that lovers of folk music, jazz, and blues listeners will appreciate. Gabriel Garcia, guitarist, tresero, and founder of…